Tattoo ideas

49,007 photos and flash · 24% Fine line, 17% Lettering · Forearm most common

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Realism style tattoo on a side hip and thigh showing grey and red roses, a pocket watch, a heart padlock, a key and blossoms linked by dotted chains.
Roses, pocket watch and key on hip and thigh
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing horror film characters including a masked killer with a chainsaw, a clown, a shark and a figure with a bladed glove.
Horror film characters full sleeve
Colourful tattoo of the Deathly Hallows symbol with watercolour-style splashes in pink, orange, green and blue on the back.
Deathly Hallows symbol with watercolour splashes
Black tribal tattoo of bands, zigzags and triangles covering a forearm, shown with coffee cups and a paper bag on a pavement.
Tribal band tattoo on a forearm
Traditional style compass with a star, yellow flowers and pink ribbon banners wrapping around a forearm.
Compass and flowers on a forearm
Fine black line geometric wolf head tattoo with faceted panels and sharp ears, placed on the forearm.
Geometric wolf head on a forearm
Black ink line drawing of poppies, buds and forget-me-not sprigs on a branching stem, drawn on cream paper, shown as a tattoo design.
Poppies and forget-me-nots flash sketch
Black line tattoo of a lotus flower with waves and clouds in a Japanese style across a person's stomach above white underwear.
Lotus and waves across the abdomen
Small black compass rose tattoo in fine line style on the inner wrist of a raised hand, against a cream knitted background.
Compass rose on the inner wrist
Fine line tattoo of a head outline with coloured Lego bricks scattered across the face, on the forearm.
Lego bricks spilling from a head outline
Close-up of a shaded realistic pink hibiscus tattoo with a yellow stamen on the inner forearm, near the wrist, against a dark background.
Pink hibiscus on the inner forearm
Black typewriter-style lettering reading there is light somewhere, it may not be much light, but it beats the darkness, tattooed along the inner forearm.
Typewriter quote tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of an open pocket watch with Roman numerals and two roses on a lower leg.
Pocket watch and roses on a calf
Two hands held together show small matching grey fine line crown tattoos on the backs of them, with one wrist wearing a gold watch.
Matching crown tattoos on the backs of hands
Colour tattoo of a poppy, feathery fronds and a tied bow with green leaves on the inner forearm, in a botanical neo-traditional style.
Poppy and ribboned bundle on a forearm
Black line drawing of a stylised sitting cat with a curled tail and swirling linework, with a script quote running down its back, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Stylised sitting cat with script quote
Black and grey cat head with green eyes, framed by swirling scrollwork and lotus flowers, tattooed along the side of the torso.
Cat with green eyes and lotus scrollwork on side
Colour botanical tattoo of a magnolia branch with pink open blooms and olive buds, shown on the forearm.
Magnolia branch on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing a globe, a compass and a rose over an old map background.
Globe, compass and rose on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket watch with Roman numerals, roses, butterflies and a banner reading Ashana on an upper arm and shoulder.
Pocket watch, roses and butterflies on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a Mickey Mouse ear dreamcatcher with a castle silhouette, feathers and Disney charms on the thigh.
Disney dreamcatcher with castle and charms
Neo-traditional tattoo of a grey dog portrait in an ornate gold frame with red roses, shown in a collage with a photo of the dog.
Realistic dog portrait in a gold frame with roses
Neo-trad style flash design of a red-haired cartoon girl surfing a turquoise wave beneath pink flowers and a ribbon banner with lettering, with no body placement shown.
Surfing girl with wave and flowers
Colour tattoo of pink lilies and a hummingbird on the side of the ribs, with shaded petals and a teal wash behind the flowers.
Pink lilies and hummingbird on the ribs
Small black fine line tattoo of a bird with a pointed beak and a curved tail, on the inner wrist.
Small bird on a wrist
Black ink drawing of a longhorn bull skull flanked by two roses and feathers, shown as a tattoo design on a pale green background.
Bull skull with roses and feathers
Two forearms side by side, one with a red heart and gold filigree tattoo beside purple flowers, the other with a gold key and script name in Traditional style.
Heart and key tattoos on two forearms
Traditional style tattoos of roses and flowers covering a forearm and the fingers and hands of a person wearing a white graphic t-shirt.
Traditional forearm sleeve and hand tattoos
Traditional style back tattoo of a winged angel holding a palm frond, with red sun rays, black fleur-de-lis crosses and green leaves.
Winged angel with palm on a back
Fine-line tattoo of a row of elephants in blue, red, orange and green outline, running across the inner forearm.
Row of elephants on a forearm
Fine-line tattoo in teal, purple, orange and red outline on the upper arm, with a seashore in the background.
Fine line colour outline on upper arm
Traditional tattoo of two clasped hands over a red heart with blood drops, flanked by red roses on the abdomen, with a white lace bra visible above.
Handshake, heart and roses on the torso
Black and white photo of two people embracing, with LOVE tattooed across the knuckles and black-and-grey lettering and a portrait tattoo on the forearms.
Embracing couple with knuckle lettering
Black and grey realism tattoo of an ornate pocket watch with Roman numerals, filigree scrollwork and a hanging chain on the forearm.
Ornate pocket watch with chain on forearm
Watercolour-style tattoo of a dandelion seedhead and bud with black linework and splashes of purple, yellow and green on a forearm.
Dandelion and bud in watercolour on a forearm
Small owl tattoo with orange eyes and dark linework on the middle finger of a clenched fist, with a yellow top in the background.
Owl tattoo on a finger
Colour tattoo of a seated pin-up woman with red hair and a polka dot dress, resting on a gramophone, on an upper arm in a traditional style.
Pin-up woman on a gramophone on the upper arm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of an eagle in a tuxedo with a red bow tie and medals, above orange lilies, on a forearm.
Eagle in a tuxedo with lilies on a forearm
Small shaded black and grey wolf head tattoo on the middle finger of a hand with dark blue nails, in a realism style.
Wolf head tattoo on a finger
Black and grey realism tattoo of stacked polaroid-style photographs showing a swing by water, with the script words Every summer has a story, on a upper back.
Stacked polaroids with a swing and script quote
Black and grey realism wolf tattoo on the upper arm, with a forest of trees continuing down the forearm.
Wolf and forest sleeve on an arm
Colour tattoo of a cartoon cat with a pink bow inside a blue cupcake case, with crossed whisks and sparkles below, on a lower leg.
Cartoon cat in a cupcake with crossed whisks
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a whole fig with leaves and a halved fig showing its seeds, on the inner arm.
Fig and halved fig on an arm
Fine line black ink tattoo of three diamond outlines of different sizes on the upper arm.
Three diamond outlines on an upper arm
Seamless black and white line pattern of traditional flash motifs, including hearts with banners, daggers, a skull, an eye, a diamond, an anchor and an eight ball.
Traditional flash pattern of hearts, daggers and skulls
Black outline tattoo of a starship on the lower back, above the waistband of jeans, in a fine line style.
Starship outline on lower back
Two matching black swirl symbol tattoos, one on each inner wrist, drawn in simple single-weight linework.
Two swirl symbols on the wrists
Pencil sketch of a compass rose with labelled points inside an ornate pocket watch case with a beaded chain, drawn as a tattoo design.
Compass rose in an ornate pocket watch

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